Ex-BSP leader Siddiqui joins Congress , meets Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Feb 22: Expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui on Thursday joined Congress here in presence of senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Uttar Pradesh Congress President Raj Babbar.

He also merged his political outfit Rashtriya Bahaman Morcha into the party.

Siddiqui, one time the closest confidante of Mayawati, joined Congress along with BSP leaders O. P. Singh, Liyakat Ali, Achhe Lal Nishad, Arshad Khan, Begum Husna Siddiqui, Raghunath Prasad, Anil Awana, Vijendra Vyas and many others. About 100 former BSP leaders and workers also joined the party.

The new entrants later also met Congress President Rahul Gandhi.